# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1975_S350
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

350 HIGHER EDUCATION

WHEREAS. The absence of the Senior College in Fort Wayne
could be remedied by the extending of schools such as Concor-
dia Lutheran College, Ann Arbor, Mich., into 4-year colleges.
thus combining facilities and condensing faculties: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Anaheim convention of the Synod insist
on the following actions:

1. Close Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne. Ind.:

2. Move Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, IIl.,
to the Fort Wayne Senior College campus:

3. Halt the Christ College Irvine project:

4. Combine, if facilities permit, the Concordia. St. Paul. and
Concordia, Milwaukee, campuses at the Milwaukee or Spring-
field campuses tor make such moves of another nature as
feasible in regard to these two schools):

5. Convert Concordia Lutheran College. Ann Arbor, Mich..
into a 4-year college:

6. Sell vacated campusies): and be it finally

Resolred. That we see and use these changes to move
forward more effectively and rapidly for the sake of Christ's
kingdom.

St. Thomas Lutheran Church
Rocky River, Ohio

Edgar H. Krause, President
James P. Walker. Secretary
Phillip B. Giessler. Pustor

6-108A

To Decline Suggestion that Springfield
Be Transferred to Fort Wayne

WHEREAS. Trinity Lutheran Church, Springfield, Ill., is
vitally interested in Concordia Theological Seminary, being
deeply involved in its ministry and having donated its original
site to the Synod for a seminary in Springfield, Ill.: and

WHEREAS. Concordia Theological Seminary has served the
Synod for 100 of the Synod’s 128 years. in Springfield, Ill. —a city
prominently identified in American history not only as the
capital of Hlinois but, perhaps more importantly, as the home
of Abraham Lincoln, the great and martyred Civil War Presi-
dent; and

WHEREAS, The seminary, in this unique historic setting, has
established its identity in the academic and theological com-
munities of the United States, Canada, and the world, which
identity could be lost through an ill-considered move at this
time; and

WHEREAS, During this century of service the seminary in its
present setting has kept pace with the needs of the Synod in
supplying scholarly and well-trained pastors who hold fast to
the confessional basis on which the membership of the Synod
has been united; has become a well-respected theological
institution with a faculty of recognized ability and theological
insight: and has provided the membership of the Synod with
pastors who today are engaged in stemming the tide of liberal
and permissive theology which would undermine and destroy
the doctrinal basis on which the Synod was founded: and

WHEREAS, No proven reasons have been advanced in sup-
port of the proposed relocation of the seminary other than the
availability of a newer campus (primarily designed for under-
graduate students) which must be abandoned by reason of
falling enrollment and questionable worth to the Synod’s
educational program: and

WHEREAS. No study has been made concerning what effect
such a proposed relocation would have on the faculty, student
body, and theological program of the Springfield seminary and
its identity—for example, the possible liberal pressures of
theological permissiveness that could result from such a move:
and

WHEREAS, Such a relocation would tend to isolate the Spring-
field faculty and remove it from its sphere of doctrinal influence
by reason of its present proximity to the synodieal offices in
St. Louis: and

WHEREAS, The two seminaries, as presently located, are in

a position to exchange faculties and complement the work of the
other to the advantage of students, faculty, and administration.
with ready accessibility to the synodical administration and its
boards and commissions: and

WHEREAS. The cost of such relocation cannot be justified in
the light of the campus development in Springfield, IIl., during
the past few years; therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod decline to approve such a reloca-
tion: and be it further

Resolved. That the Board of Control and the administration
at Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Ill., be en-
couraged to proceed with its land acquisition and campus
development; and be it finally

Resolved. That the Synod increase its recruitment efforts.
provide adequate financial assistance to the students, and give
recognition and encouragement to a faithful faculty and student
body.

. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Springfield, II.
Walter D. Smith, President
Robert O'Brien, Secretary

Identical or similar:

6-108B and 6-108C

Grace, Lexington, Mo.
Zion, Mt. Pulaski, Ill.

K. Michael Simminger
Louis Koke

6-109A

To Keep Springfield Concordia
in Springfield

WHEREAS, The proposed transfer of our Springfield seminary
to Fort Wayne, Ind., would make very difficult the finding of
suitable low-cost housing needed by most students and would
also make more difficult their finding suitable part-time employ-
ment: and

WHEREAS, There is in Fort Wayne not another 4-year degree-
granting college, to say nothing of a graduate school with mas-
ter's and doctoral programs; therefore be it

Resolved. That Concordia Theological Seminary be con-
tinued in Springfield, Ill., where progress is being made on the
several problems present at that location.

Christ Lutheran Church
Waverly, Ill.

Emery Seiz, President
Marvin Duewer, Secretary
E. A. Bielefeld, Pastor

Identical or similar:

6-109B

Zion, Litchfield, III. Myron Maltz

6-110

To Reaffirm Traditional Route for
Seminary Admission

WHEREAS, The ministerial training system of the Synod has
provided the seminaries with students trained in the liberal arts,
in religion. and in the Biblical languages: and

WHEREAS. The church has profited from the background
that these students have had because of their training in the
ministrial colleges of the Synod: therefore be it

Resolved. That the Synod reaffirm that the preferred route
for admission to one of its theological seminaries is the synodi-
cally established system of junior college —senior college.

Board of Control

Concordia Seminary

St. Louis, Mo.

Ralph Bohlmann, Acting President